Recently I was seeing some people talk about the JOKER [2019] movie, and how it wasn’t actually that good. While I was reading them I genuinely felt really embarrassed and started to try to come up with reasons why it’s actually a good movie. But then i realized i never even watched Joker, I dont even like DC stuff that much, and wasn’t even the target of the argument.

I’m starting to realize I do this a lot. When people started criticizing PhilosphyTube recently (for good reason) I felt an inherent impulse to defend her before realizing I never watched her stuff anyway, and only knew her from association with other breadtubers. [Although part of that is probably because I’m trans too and it feels really bad when trans people act stupid and are seen bad].

I even do this with fictional characters. I recently watched a funny animation of the courier from Fallout NV ranting about how “Caesar” (from the same game) doesn’t understand hegel or immanant critique and for some goddamn reason a part of my brain was like “well I mean he’s not really that dumb.” Like no, I don’t have to find some reason why he’s actually smart. Who cares? Why would I ever care?